September 2002 uiConsulting Newsletter Visit www.uiConsulting.com
Welcome to the first uiConsulting Newsletter!

Fall has arrived, and uiConsulting has celebrated its first birthday as a full-service company. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our clients for such a fantastic year filled with both great projects and great people.

It has been a pleasure working with you, and I look forward to our future projects.

Sincerely,

Hilary Little
President, uiConsulting

Forward-Thinking Development.
uiConsulting Referral Program 

Many of our new clients are referred to us by former or existing clients. We love referrals and value the opportunity to work with anyone you know who is needing services like ours. For this reason, we have started a referral program for our existing clients.

If you refer someone who obtains services from us, we will reward you with 10% off the total bill of your next project with us.

The program is simple and requires no banner ads or complicated Web site addresses to send people. Simply talk to someone about our services and then email us with your referral information. We will send your referral reward voucher upon receiving payment of your referral's first invoice.


 Useful Resources

Site Goals Workbook 153 Kb, Word Doc Format
The main problem with most sites is that they were put together without a clear and complete plan as to what the end goals were. This Site Goals Workbook is your first step in the process towards a more successful Web site.

Business Benefits of Accessible Web Design W3C article
This document was created to assist the preparation of a business case for the implementation of Web accessibility. It describes the many business, technical and other benefits to the organization above and beyond the straightforward benefits to people with disabilities that can be realized by applying the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to Websites.

Contact Us
Your comments and feedback are invaluable to us. Are there additional services you'd like us to offer? Do you have requests for information in our upcoming newsletters? Let us know!


Web Accessibility, Usability and Design Links

   W3C - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group

    W3C Web Accessibility Guidelines - Page Authoring 

    Why User Testing Is Good (article)
Mike Kuniavsky happily relates everything you ever wanted to know about user testing (but were afraid to ask).

    Useit
Jakob Nielsen's alertbox, reports and books on usable information technologies.

    Yale Style Manual - Table of Contents 

    Cross-Browser DHTML
Tutorial covering several techniques for constructing Dynamic HTML code bridging the gap between browsers.

    Nielsen//NetRatings
Information on Website usage, Internet access, and advertising data.


 Put Your Hands Together For...

Golden Web Award 2002-2003

Congratulations
to everyone at CVSRD and Carleton University's Faculty of Public Affairs and Management on each winning a Golden Web Award in recognition of their creativity, integrity and excellence on the Web.
  New Integrated Services
 


Co-brand your Website with your PowerPoint presentations, brochures and business cards.

Arrange a no-fuss maintenance contract for ongoing Website or intranet updates.

Set up Macromedia Dreamweaver™ training for you or your staff and update your own Website.

Send electronic newsletters to keep in touch with your colleagues, clients, students or staff.

Create corporate Christmas gifts like custom Screensavers, e-Cards, Printed Cards, Postcards, Pens or Mugs.


  Services List
 
Website Services
• Design & development
• Redesign
• Maintenance, Management & Updating
• W3C/CLF development
• Electronic newsletters
• Traffic monitoring
• Search Engine Optimization
• Domain Name Registration
• Corporate Web Style Guide
• Custom IE "Favicon"

User Interface Design
• User-Centered interface & interaction design for Web & Windows applications
• UI Specification Document Development
• UI Prototyping

Evaluations and Audits
• Critical Performance Evaluation & Tune-up
• Full Website Evaluation & Report
• W3C Accessibility Audit
• Heuristical Usability Audit
• CLF Compliance Audit
• Search Engine Optimization Audit

Graphic Design
• Logo design/redesign
• Banner advertisements
• Image scanning
• Graphic optimization & compression for Web
• Photo editing & retouching

Other Services:
• Custom PowerPoint Presentations
Macromedia Dreamweaver Training
Graphics Training
Custom Screensavers
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